Paying child support by Private Collect or self-management
Paying parents who use Private Collect or self management to make child support payments don’t need to tell us about these arrangements.
Paying child support by non-agency payments
Paying parents can make direct payments or third party transfers that fall outside of regular child support payments.
- Limited child support agreement
- How to manage a limited child support agreement
Limited child support agreements affect your family payments
We’ll make a notional assessment after we accept your agreement. The notional assessment is the child support that would apply if you didn’t have an agreement.
- Limited child support agreement
- How to manage a limited child support agreement
End a Limited child support agreement
You or the other parent can end a limited agreement.
- Court ordered periodic child maintenance
- How to manage court ordered periodic child maintenance
Submit your court order for child maintenance payments
Once you have a child maintenance order from the court you can then notify us of the order.
- Asset types
- Gifting
What gifts we include in income and assets tests
We may include your gift if you give away, sell or transfer it for less than its market value.
Examples to help you balance your family assistance payments if you were single during the financial year
If you were single during the financial year, these examples can help you work out what to do so we can balance your payments.
Examples to help you balance your family assistance payments if you were partnered during the financial year
If you had a partner during the financial year, these examples can help you work out what to do so we can balance your payments.
- How to balance your payment
- Balancing Child Care Subsidy
Time limits for confirming income for Child Care Subsidy
When you get Child Care Subsidy (CCS), you must confirm your family’s income after the end of each financial year. There are time limits for how long you have to do this.
- Financial Information Service
- What FIS information you can watch online
FIS job seeker information online
We have information online to help you understand job situations you may face.